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Authorities scour Lafourche Parish for alleged DWI violators
Armed with more than 70 warrants, law-enforcement agencies conducted a roundup of people with outstanding legal issues involving a DWI arrest, including failure to appear in court.
Golden Meadow's top cop gets raise
Golden Meadow's police chief will get a 7 percent pay raise in 2010, bringing his annual salary up to $53,000. Randy Chiasson, chief for nearly a year, also gets $5,100 a year in supplemental pay from the state.
In other Lafourche School Board action
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Lafourche School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday.
Will other coastal communities share Leeville's fate?
For nearly a century, the homes and businesses between Golden Meadow and Fourchon have disappeared one by one, victims of sinking land, surging surf and the occasional hurricane.
Inmate's tattoo leads to self-mutilation charge
A do-it-yourself tattoo resulted in new charges Tuesday for a Lafourche Parish jail inmate, authorities said.
In other Lafourche Parish Council action
Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 11:44 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 11:44 a.m. The following is a rundown of action taken Tuesday by the Lafourche Parish Council.
Parents visit alternative school during open house
In a small set of buildings off U.S. 90, there's another option for local students who land themselves in trouble because of disciplinary and behavioral issues.
Troopers want help to find hit, run driver
Louisiana State Police are asking the public's help in finding the hit-and-run driver accused of killing a Cut Off man nearly a year ago, troopers said Thursday.
Hundreds ticketed despite paying toll on new bridge
After a day working out with her friends, Connie Boudreaux, of Labadieville, decided to head to a friend's camp on Grand Isle.
Council debates use of $1.2 million
A debate over whether to use $1.2 million to help elevate La. 1 or build a pump station that could prevent flooding for more than 30,000 Thibodaux area residents remains unresolved.
In other Lafourche Parish Council action
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken Tuesday by the Lafourche Parish Council.
LA1 Bridge Toll Violations In The Mail
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D., announced that the department has begun mailing the first LA 1 toll bridge violation notices.
New Golden Meadow lock put to test during Ida
Just a few weeks after construction finished on the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow, the new flood-protection measure was put to an unexpected test.
Officials watchful as Ida enters the Gulf
Tropical Storm Ida appeared bound for Alabama this morning, but local officials were keeping a wary eye on the late-season system and the 3 to 5 inches of rain it was projected to dump on Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
Report underscores problems with coastal program
Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:33 a.m. BATON ROUGE - Politicians, business leaders and scientists from all over the Gulf Coast, including Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, are coalescing behind a new study that calls for widespread changes in a federal coastal program that's bogged ...
In other Lafourche School Board action
Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. The following is a rundown of action taken by the Lafourche School Board at its regular meeting Wednesday.
Action Report: Golden Meadow shrimper struggling after Hurricane Gustav
Next to Hwy. 1 just outside the locks in Golden Meadow, there is a new mobile home on shrimper Nolty Lee's land.
Man charged with murder of Golden Meadow fishing captain
An Alabama man was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree murder in the Wednesday slaying of a Golden Meadow fishing captain.
Lafourche D.A. investigates Golden Meadow town council
Lafourche District Attorney Cam Morvant II is investigating claims that the Golden Meadow Town Council violated open-meetings law Sept.
Davis Pond Diversion should get more use, officials say, despite threat to oyster beds
A crowd of state and local officials lined up Tuesday to demand that the Davis Pond Diversion structure in Luling be opened wide to pump more fresh water into the Barataria Basin.
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